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Read about ancient support networks and how we can help today's children spend more time outside, learn how St Louis's first forest school is mapping its parks, check out images of the recent Nature-Based Preschool National conference in St Paul, and catch up on lots more news!
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Awareness activity for children and adults in environmental education are disappearing. Where do we start to turn this around? We must start with awareness. The more the better.
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NAAEE's Director of Advocacy and Affiliate Relations, Sarah Bodor, will speak about the Every Student Succeeds Act and opportunities it provides for the field of EE in the next edition of our monthly webinar series on Wednesday, September 28 at 3:00 ET.
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The National Roundtable in Environmental and Sustainability Education in Pre-service Teacher Education was a success and resulted in a National Action plan and the Otonabee Declaration.
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This article explores the question of how we might evaluate apps in terms of their potential to promote environmental engagement in children. It recommends a specific rule for doing so: Apps that point beyond themselves, out into the world, can be meaningful tools for promoting environmental…
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Understanding young people’s meaning-making in social media and the experiences they acquire could help teachers to stage pluralistic and participatory approaches to classroom discussions about the environment and sustainability.
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We would like to include several examples of how environmental education is used across disciplines at the university level.
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Charles Orgbon III, a University of Georgia student and CEO of Greening Forward, observes in his Huffington Post blog that the well-intented effort to create more environmental organizations negatively increases competition in the field, dilutes effectiveness of the movement and confuses the general…
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As part of Anecdotes to Evidence, a multi-partner initiative led by North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and Stanford University, we are working with a team of researchers to conduct a review of literature that examines directly measured environmental outcomes/indicators…
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Exciting cross-cultural experience for young adults from Alaska and Los Angeles.
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Read about why not to filter out the messy, imperfect moments in nature preschools, watch a video that makes the case for forest kindergartens, learn how to raise brilliant children according to science, check out the latest job openings, and read the latest news from Natural Start.
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As the founder and president of Spitfire Strategies, Kristen Grimm has extensive experience conceiving, implementing and managing smart programs that create lasting social change. You won't want to miss her webinar on Wednesday, August 31 at 3:00 EDT for the next installment of NAAEE's webinar…
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The NAAEE eePro Climate Change Education group and the NOAA Climate Education office invite YOU to join the #Teach4Climate social media campaign that started July 26 and runs till September 9th. It is easy. All the details are in the #Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Media Kit.
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As you will see in the article below, the Natl Education Assn at their annual meeting this month agreed to follow Oregon’s lead and support the teaching of “climate justice”. The NEA is to publicize efforts in states and schools districts across the country, and their approval of this tact may give…
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Join environmental education researchers at the AERA conference, San Antonio, TX, Thursday April 27 – Monday May 1, 2017. The Conference Theme for the AERA 2017 EE SIG is: "Whose Knowledge(s) and What Action(s)?: (Re)Considering Environmental Education for Social Justice and Sustainability". Find…
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Being an Ally isn’t easy. It is the multifaceted, messy, ever-evolving process of figuring out how best to support people of color as you learn more about your own privilege and implicit biases. I’ve seen Allies among those with conservative, liberal and independent views proving the racism is not…
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After the shooting of Alton Sterling, a friend of mine sat in his cubicle and wept for the loss of this man and the grief that his family now has to face as a reality. My friend sat three feet away from the office printer, where many people came, took their copies, and ignored my grief stricken…
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NAAEE praises House Labor, HHS. and Education Subcommittee Appropriations for Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Learn about using mud in your natural classrooms. Read about a bilingual, green preschool. Find out how to register yourself and/or your exhibit at the October NAAEE conference in Madison. Keep up with the latest ECEE news and job opportunities.
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“Living for oneself will do absolutely nothing to fill the gasping hole inside of you. In my experience that void gets filled, not through strength but through weakness. You must be weak before the world because love and listening weaken you, they make you vulnerable, they break you open and its is…
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Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa, Neighborhood Programs Director for Openlands in Chicago, is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and administrator, active for over twenty years. Steeped in community based practices, Elvia has helped foster the creative community in Chicago by collaborating with groups as…
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Many students, teachers and school personnel have an interest in “greening” their school but have no idea of how to start. Read about how an environmental education consultant and her daughter engaged their local high school in the GreenSchools movement by strategically including all school…
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DEADLINE PAST - - NAAEE has embarked on an exciting venture and we would like to ask for your assistance. NAAEE is developing a sixth set of guidelines as part of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education.
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Green infrastructure, such as urban parks, community gardens, green buildings and green roofs, represents a network of human-managed and natural ecosystems that together enhance ecosystem health and climate change resilience, contribute to biodiversity, and benefit human populations through the…
